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Join astronomer Mark Hammergren and sci-fi editor, critic, and biographer Gary Wolfe in a spirited discussion on the impact 2001 had on film-making and its role in “blowing our minds” during the Apollo era

We’re all learning to code, whether you’ve just decided to get started or you’ve been at it for years. Come hang out for a couple of hours on the last Tuesday of each month with some friendly fellow coders.

This lecture will look at the seeds in Dymer that spring up into full flower in the corpus of Lewis’s work. What unborn springs and seasons will emerge from this early narrative poem? If we observe carefully, what can the reader of Dymer expect to see reflected and developed in the works Lewis would eventually come to write? This lecture will explore the bountiful harvest that came from Lewis’s early creative work in Dymer.

The Christian tradition has historically maintained that Adam and Eve, our first human ancestors, were created in a state of righteousness that was lost through Adam’s disobedience. In this conference our aim is to clarify the theological stakes of the current debate in a manner faithful to Scripture and in open and earnest dialogue with modern scientific research. What are the exegetical, philosophical, and theological consequences of adopting the various competing models of Adam and the fall? What can we learn from the judgments and debates of the early church surrounding the doctrine of creation that may be able to offer guidance to the current discussion? What does Scripture, properly interpreted, require that we believe about Adam and the fall?

Wendy Schiller of Brown University presents:Looking Back: What Would the Founding Fathers Think of America Today?:
Sam Potolicchio of Georgetown University presents:Looking Forward: The Changing Face of Politics

Three entrepreneurs make their pitch for capital. Each presentation lasts 10 minutes, followed by a 10 minute Q&A. The BNC Venture Capital Group introduces exciting investment opportunities to professional investors (angels, early stage venture capitalists, and private equity firms seeking add-ons) and fosters the growth of entrepreneurial activity.

This spring India returns to the polls for the world’s largest democratic exercise, with an estimated 850 million voters from Kashmir to Kerala determining which party controls the Lok Sabha. India’s growing economic and military strength, its strategic location, and its vast population mean that the election result will reverberate globally, and will be keenly observed in Beijing, Islamabad, and Washington. As Narendra Modi bids for a second term as Prime Minister, what issues are most likely to influence voters, and how do these vary by location, age, religion, or caste? How might this election shape India’s rise as a global power and its relations with the United States?

Sadanand Dhume

Sadanand Dhume is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Dhume writes on areas such as South Asian political economy, foreign policy, business, and society, with a focus on India and Pakistan. He is also a South Asia columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and has worked as a foreign correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review in India and Indonesia. Dhume is listed on “Twitterarti 100”, a list Foreign Policy puts together of 100 must-follow Twitter feeds on foreign policy experts. Dhume holds an MA from Princeton University and a BA from the University of Delhi.

Tanvi Madan

Tanvi Madan is a fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, and director of The India Project. Madan’s work explores Indian foreign policy, focusing in particular on India’s relations with China and the United States. She also researches the intersection between Indian energy policies and its foreign and security policies. Madan has authored numerous publications, and has appeared in various newspapers and magazines, including the Indian Express and India Today, and has been cited by outlets like the Associated Press, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, among others.

Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts is a political correspondent, based in Chicago, covering America’s Midwest for The Economist. Prior to this, Roberts was the former south Asia bureau chief forThe Economist, based in Delhi, where he oversaw political and general coverage from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, among other countries. Roberts joined the paper as a writer in the foreign department in June 1998, with a particular focus on developing countries and transnational issues. From 2005 to 2010, Roberts spent most of his time in India. Roberts is also the author of The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa and Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation: The Relentless Invention of Modern India.

The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) are the largest international particle physics project ever built in the United States, hosted by Fermilab. With DUNE, scientists will seek to find out the role neutrinos play in the universe and look for rare subatomic interactions never seen before. Are neutrinos the reason that the universe is filled with matter? How do they contribute to the formation of black holes?